Pantaloon-stretcher



UNTTRD STATES BATRNT Ormea.

JOTT GRANT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PANTALOON- STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,203, dated August 3l, 1886.

[Application filed Novembcr, 1885.

.To all whom it 1v1/ay concern:

Be it known that I, 'Jorr GRANT, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pantaloon-Stretchers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a`specication.

My invention relates to a device for stretching pantaloons after they have been worn, and is particularly adapted to remove what is termed bagging at the knees, the object being to simplify the construction, so as to insure cheapness and durability, combined with compactness and ease of action. I attain this object by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation showing my device as applied to a pair of pantaloons. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the upper clamp. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the upper clamp. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the lower clamp. Fig. 5 is an end elevation ofthe lower clamp. Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken on the line y y of Fig. 2, and Fig. 7 is a vertical section taken on line Z Z of Fig. 4.

In Fig. l I have shown a pair of pantaloons, D, being stretched.

A in all of the drawings represents the central rod. This rod may be of one piece, or it may be made of two piecesjoined at the middle by a telescopic joint. This rod may be made smooth, as represented in the drawings, or it may be corrugated or notched. The lower end of the rod A passes through the ear d, Fig. 5, and is screwed into' theear d. The ears d and d project from the back of the lower plate, D.

E, Figs. l, 4, 5, and 7, is a clamp acting on the principle of a cam-buckle to hold the lower end ofthe pantaloon-legs in place, DZD2 being curved brackets placed near the end of the plate D for the purpose of forming sockets for the rounded ends EL E2 of the clamp E to turn in.

D3 D3, Fig. 4, are projections to rest the users feet upon while stretching the pants.

Serial No. 183,785. (No model.)

D D are short legs, which serve to keep the lower clamping device, D E, from the floor.

The upper clamping device, B G, is made very much like the lower onethat is, it has a j aw,B7 and curv ed brackets BB, to receive the rounded ends of the clamp C. Thejaw B has a projection, B2, Figs. 3 and G, extending from the rear near the center. Through this projection B2 a hole is made somewhat larger than the rod A and somewhat inclined from the vertical, as indicated in Fig. 6, so that a strain in the direction of the arrow S, Fig. 6, will cause the rod A to be pinched in the hole made in the projection B2, and thus be prevented from sliding, although if the strain is exerted in the line near the axis of the rod A the clamp B C will slide freely upon the rod.

To use my device, I first clamp the lower ends of the pantaloon-legs upon the clamp D E, then the waist upon the upper clamp, B C. Now, by placing the lower part upon the iloor and holding it down by resting the toes of my boots upon the projections D D, Fig. 4, and pulling firmly upon the upper clamp, B O, the pantaloons may be stretched to the desired extent, and will be held in tension by the pinching action of the projection B2. In this condition the pantaloons may remain as long as desired-that is, Vuntil the bagging is altogether removed from the knees.

I claim- The combination of the rod A and lower clamp, D E, with the clampingjaws B and C, the jaw B being provided with the projection B2, set at an oblique angle to the body of the clamp and having a perforation whose walls are at right angles to the plane of the angular projection, whereby a pinching action is scoured with the iniieXible rod passing therethrough, as set forth.

J OTT GRANT.

Vitnesses:

WILLIAM EDsoN, FRANK G. PARKER. 

